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Handbook to Tocqueville: Life – Work – Reception
Author(s): Skadi Siiri Krause (Editor), Norbert Campagna (Editor), Oliver Hidalgo (Editor)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: May 29, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 668 pages
- ISBN-10: 3662724790
- ISBN-13: 9783662724798
Book Description
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of Tocqueville’s life, work and impact based on the current state of historical, philosophical and social science research. This volume is dedicated to an extremely multifaceted author who is still underestimated in many respects. It offers a compact and systematic presentation of various aspects of Tocqueville’s thought using a topical approach and taking into account all of his writings. Readers can rapidly and efficiently obtain substantiated information on Tocqueville’s theories, central concepts and his most significant influences. Concurrently, the handbook serves as a reference for understanding Tocqueville’s relationship to contemporary debates and subject areas. It also provides useful information for conceptualising teaching and research projects.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
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From the Back Cover
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in the history of political ideas and is widely acknowledged as the founder of comparative politics. This handbook provides an overview of Tocquevilleʼs life and various aspects of his thought, taking into account all of his writings and the various influences that shaped his ideas. A comprehensive terminology section, as well as chapters on historical, subject-specific and topic-specific discourses, provide additional insight into the œuvre of Tocqueville.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent manual revision was done primarily in terms of content.
About the Author
Dr. Skadi Siiri Krause is a fellow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an employee at the Ständige Vertretung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in the European Union.
Dr. phil. habil. Norbert Campagna is Associate Professor at the Université du Luxembourg and a secondary school teacher of philosophy, history, English, psychology and civics.
Prof. Dr. Oliver Hidalgo is Professor of Political Science at the University of Passau.
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